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Lansing resident Kenneth Dagner is stuck with $490 in fines after code enforcement hauled a couch off his front porch and the City Council denied a claim to have the fees waived.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/10/21
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On a subzero night 70 years ago, tears were streaming down the face of Geneva Kebler Wiskemann. She stood in front of the Estes Leadley Funeral Home and gazed across Walnut Street as smoke and flames engulfed the State Office Building,
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Bill Castanier
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2/10/21
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During any other year, East Lansing would’ve been alive over the weekend with parties and drunk sports fans wandering the streets.
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Cole Tunningley
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2/8/21
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“The president liked what I was doing. President Trump asked me questions about how I made it this far. He was also impressed with all of the people that I’ve met."DeGroat said.
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Six barbers cited for disorderly conduct during a May protest at the state Capitol have had their criminal charges dismissed.
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Todd Heywood
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2/8/21
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With renewed discussion of raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour, some researchers and economists say a raise will likely benefit workers in Michigan, while opponents argue that small businesses may suffer and it would result in fewer jobs.
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Sheldon Krause
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2/6/21
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School nurses have long played a major role in the health and safety of students and staff, but in the midst of the pandemic they’ve been tasked with the crucial role of mitigating coronavirus cases in their communities.
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KRISTIA POSTEMA
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2/6/21
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The state Marijuana Regulatory Agency posted social equity plans of Michigan’s recreational cannabis companies this month, revealing licensure application details that have until this week been kept hidden from public view and otherwise shielded from the Freedom of Information Act.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/5/21
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First Ward Councilman Brandon Betz' employer said today that they have "parted ways" following his angry text-message exchange with the co-leader of the local Black Lives Matter chapter.
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KYLE KAMINSKI AND BERL SCHWARTZ
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2/5/21
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The Lansing chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement has called for Lansing City Councilman Brandon Betz to immediately resign after he goaded a local Black activist into an argument, calling him a “weak ass bitch” and a “dickbag troll.”
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/4/21
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s fourth annual State of the City address appeared far from business as usual last night.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/4/21
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As the novel coronavirus began to hit Michigan last spring, the disparity of whom it was killing quickly came into stark relief. Black Michiganians represented less than 14% of the state’s overall population, but in that first month they represented at least 41% of the deaths.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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2/4/21
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Two hundred city of Lansing employees, including Mayor Andy Schor and two members of the City Council, jumped the line in January to be vaccinated against COVID-19, putting them ahead of 40,000 other Ingham County residents qualified to inoculate them.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/4/21
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We’ve known U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for two-plus years here in Lansing, but what are the odds we’ll get a chance to vote for her in 2022?
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Kyle Melinn
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2/4/21
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The Lansing City Council will consider a proposal that aims to repeal more than a dozen city ordinances.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/3/21
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Former Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said he plans to run for a fourth term against Mayor Andy Schor in November after his campaign sent out a fundraising letter over the weekend which included a new catchphrase.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/2/21
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A new $2 million state grant for rehabilitating the historic Keefer House in downtown Hillsdale reflects an ongoing effort to revitalize older communities.
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ELAINE MALLON
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1/31/21
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Since the summer, all of Michigan’s major sports teams have come back to action.
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SAMUEL BLATCHFORD
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1/31/21
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Former Mayor Virg Bernero said today he is planning to run for a fourth term.
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Brandon Betz adds his name to that of Peter Spadafore of Lansing City Council members who received early vaccinations from Sparrow Health System against COVID-19
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